Clean Air Act

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  • The main goal is to protect the public health and public welfare of people.
  • The act is concerned with air emissions that come from stationary and mobile sources
  • The main concern that is covered in the act is on ambient air, which is the air in your surroundings.
  • EPA established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
    • Goal 1: Keep public health and the public welfare safe and regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants.
    • Goal 2: Hazardous pollutants are stated in the act. Some examples include suspended particulates, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, hydrocarbons, and lead.
    • Goal 3: State implementation plans (SIPs) are formed with directing the states
      • The goals are modified to certain industries in different states.
      • support states in reaching required NAAQS standards